Steve King defends Arpaio: 'I don't agree that profiling is wrong'
Source: The Hill
BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 08/28/17 09:56 PM EDT
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Monday defended former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona, who was convicted of criminal contempt of court for refusing to halt his immigration patrols but pardoned by President Trump.
I dont agree that profiling is wrong, King told CNNs Chris Cuomo. In fact, if you would take profiling away from the tools of law enforcement, you couldnt describe a criminal in any way whatsoever.
Kings comments come hours after Trump defended his decision last week to pardon Arpaio. The former sheriff was convicted last month of contempt for disobeying a court order that he halt his office's racial profiling policies.
Theres a difference between racial profiling and broader profiling with all of the descriptions that are there, King argued in the Monday night interview.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/348355-steve-king-defends-arpaio-i-dont-agree-that-profiling-is-wrong
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)rpannier
(24,350 posts)He'd have more tickets then he could ever imagine
I mean, given the high number of people harassed, beaten, threatened and killed by conservative, older white guys...
Gore1FL
(21,164 posts)dchill
(38,594 posts)Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)renegade000
(2,301 posts)This isn't the first time for me either.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,031 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....my jaw dropped.
riversedge
(70,414 posts)of the people. King included.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,031 posts)Like SS Stevie here.
PatSeg
(47,711 posts)Well, that's a surprise.
TimeToGo
(1,366 posts)And, of course, the sheriff did more than just prolfile. Remember the concentration camps?
Skittles
(153,261 posts)Cicada
(4,533 posts)Congressman King says the Constitution should be ignored. He lacks the wisdom our founding fathers had.
Initech
(100,129 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)You either respect the law or you don't. Especially a "law enforcement" officer should respect the law.
But I agree in one aspect of it: profiling helps law enforcement and detectives zero in on serial killers and big criminals like that. There is a "type" that commits certain kinds of murders. They, with psychiatrists & other mental health professionals, have a good idea of the type of person who commits certain kinds of serial killings. This helps them zero in on persons of interest. It's a fascinating topic.
The movie "Citizen X," about a long-term serial killer in Russia, is excellent, and contains info on the profiling aspect. They thought they knew what they were looking for, because of a psychiatrist who had analyzed the killings, the victims, the sites. But they weren't sure. Russia had almost no experience dealing with serial killings. It took them years to catch the killer. It turned out that he fit the profile to a large extent.
But that's different from stopping random people just because of their race in the hopes of finding drugs or an illegal immigrant.
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)he did not. He lost his due process. He's an asshole.
Hieronymus
(6,039 posts)He's an ass.
JohnnyRingo
(18,673 posts)Steve King says something racist.
Hulk
(6,699 posts)This little ass hole never ceases to amaze his constituents and the country with just how grossly racist and sad a little prick he really is....yet they elect him and re-elect him over and over again. Fooking idiots.
mdbl
(4,976 posts)I know Peter King has gotten some good press about his lil feud with Ted Crudz, but on the whole Rep Peter King in NY is just as big an A-hole as Rep Steven King in Iowa.
freddyvh
(276 posts)is king also in favor of profiling white males?